Today’s guests on In Focus were: Director. Biosecurity Research Institute Stephen Higgs Steve Hargrave and Bob Mertz with Riley County Farm Bureau
Author: KMAN Staff
What do Steven Spielberg, Thomas Edison, Jane Goodall, and Elon Musk have in common? All have become famous for their inventions or creativity but they were “quirky” and “kind of different” from the average child at a very young age–and struggled with conventional education or learning. Autism spokesperson Temple Grandin also is kind of different or “weird” as she would say — but shared some suggestions during Tuesday’s Landon lecture at Kansas State University. And she is concerned about the ways we are educating our young people today at a time we need them in a variety of different fields.…
TOPEKA — A Kansas judge has ruled that a Topeka man who donated sperm so two women could have a baby together isn’t legally the child’s father and doesn’t have to provide financial support. The state Department for Children and Families had not decided as of Tuesday whether it would appeal last week’s ruling by Shawnee County District Judge Mary Mattivi. The department sought to force William Marotta to pay child support for the girl born in December 2009. Marotta answered a Craigslist ad from the same-sex couple. Kansas law says a donor providing sperm to a doctor for insemination…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Aaron Finch, 29, of Manhattan on Monday at approximately 4:15 p.m. while at the Riley County Police Department. Finch was arrested on a warrant from Ellis County with the offenses of distributing a hallucinogenic or marijuana and no Kansas drug tax stamp. He was given a bond of $50,000 and at the time of this report, he was confined at the Riley County Jail. RCPD filed a report for the offense of theft of property or services on Monday at approximately 7:50 p.m. in the 1500 block of College Avenue after a vehicle…
GARDNER — Motion-activated cameras intended to capture images of mountain lions in a Kansas park have instead snapped pictures of pranksters dressed as animals, monsters and Santa Claus. Police said they found the images on the two cameras at the park in Gardner on Monday. Interspersed among images of skunks and coyotes were photos of people wearing costumes pretending to be lions wrestling, a gorilla, various monsters and an old person with a walker. And of course Santa made an appearance during the three nights of high jinks. Cpl. Robert Huff said it was “pretty comical” and “creative.” The pranksters have…
TOPEKA — Former Manhattan Mayor and Federal Judge Richard Rogers has died. Rogers was a decorated war veteran who served in both chambers of the Kansas Legislature before spending 40 years as a federal judge. He was 94. Rogers died Friday evening at a Topeka care center. Stewart Funeral Home in Wamego confirmed he died of natural causes. Rogers was born Dec. 29, 1921, at Oberlin in northwest Kansas and moved with his family to Wamego when he was in the first grade. He graduated from Wamego High School in 1939 and from Kansas State University in 1943. Rogers was…
WICHITA — A female student says Kansas State University’s failure to investigate the rape of another woman allowed the same alleged assailant to sexually assault her. The accusations were in court documents filed Monday seeking to add Crystal Stroup to a lawsuit against the university by Sara Weckhorst. The Associated Press typically does not name alleged rape victims, but their attorney said both women wanted to be identified. Stroup says she was raped in 2015, while Weckhorst said she was attacked in 2014. If the court agrees to add Stroup to the lawsuit, she will be the third woman to…
The KDHE has issued a water advisory for the public water supply from the Rocky Ford Water Company Incorporated in Riley County. The KDHE says customers should take the following precautions until further notice • Boil water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation, or use bottled water. • Dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice from a household automatic ice maker . • Disinfect dishes and other food contact surfaces by immersion for at least one minute in clean tap water that contains one teaspoon of unscented household bleach per gallon of water. • Water…
The city of Manhattan continues to trend upward on sales tax collections according to the newly released November sales tax report. The numbers came in late Monday afternoon from director of finance Bernie Hayen. For November of 2016, Manhattan has collected $1,033,811 in revenue. Hayen says Manhattan continues to “inch along” as sales tax collections on the year are 2% ahead of last year, as well as $100,000 ahead of 2016’s budget projections.
A resolution endorsing improvements in public school funding was well-received by intergovernmental leaders during a luncheon meeting Monday. Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr who helped put the document together, admits it’s somewhat unusual for the group to take action of this type. The receiving of more federal impact aid, a second military county date, and a new school finance formula are all part of a resolution endorsed by the intergovernmental group. The resolution now goes to the Governor and other governmental representatives. The resolution talks about currently USD 383 receiving only approximately 30 percent of the federal impact aid they’re…